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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UDp4CT63"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "David_2014"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:12:51"] [WhiteElo "1601"] [BlackElo "1265"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 d5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense } 2. Nc3 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Qd5 4. d3 Qd7 5. Nf3 Qg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O e5 8. c3 f5 9. Neg5 Bc5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. Re1+ Ne7 15. Ne6 Nf6 16. Nxc7+ Kf7 17. Nxa8 Ke8 18. Qe2 Rf8 19. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0